Mirage by James Follett

Author:James Follett [Follett, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2014-08-17T23:00:00+00:00

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It was a standing order in the Ministry of Defence that sensitive documents were locked in the strongrooms at night so that individual offices could be left unlocked for cleaners.

Jacob entered Emil’s ‘cover’ office at 4.00pm. He looked carefully around. It was exactly the same as it had always been. Nothing appeared to have been disturbed. The wastepaper bin was empty and the filing cabinet was filled with internal memos as usual.

But there was one significant difference: the Adler’s dust cover was lying beside the typewriter. Jane Harel was right - Daniel had been typing. But what and why? Jacob sat at the desk and stared at the machine as though it might answer the questions crowding into his mind. What was Daniel Kalen doing back in Israel and why should Emil want his son to use a typewriter?

Maybe there was a scrap of paper jammed under the roller? It did not seem very likely but it was worth a look. Mindful of his manicured nails, Jacob pulled up the type basket cover. There was nothing there nor was a hint of the real reason for Daniel’s visit in any of the desk drawers. Even the sheets of carbon paper were unused. Jacob dropped the dust cover in place on the typewriter and left. He had a nagging feeling at the back of his mind that there was something vital he had overlooked.

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